Gregory R. Maio, Geoffrey Haddock, Bas Verplanken, Andrew Luttrell

The Psychology of Attitudes and Attitude Change (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book explores what attitudes are and how they are shaped, how they influence behaviour, and the scientific methods that are used to understand attitudes and how they change. Introducing the fundamental concepts for understanding attitudes, with a balanced consideration of all approaches, the book pulls together many diverse threads from research across the world.

The fourth edition has been updated to include cutting-edge topics such as attitudes to vaccines, political polarisation, and the effects of social media on attitude change. It covers the applications of attitude research in the domains of environmental, political and health psychology and critically reflects on the methods used for attitude research and considers the role of new technologies and social media in attitudes and attitude research.

Key features:

• Updated Research highlights illustrate interesting and important case studies and their findings
• Recap 'what we have learned' and 'what do you think' questions encourage critical reflection and deep thinking
• Key terms and a glossary help you get up to speed with terminology
• Diverse and inclusive examples from across the globe.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: SAGE Publications
• Seitenzahl: 408
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Oktober 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781529678369
• Artikelnr.: 74044499

Autorenporträt

Gregory R. Maio is Head of Department of Psychology at the University of Bath, UK.  He is interested in social values (e.g., equality, freedom, helpfulness), attitudes, and emotional processes. Gregory¿s principal interests at the moment are projects examining psychological connections between values and behaviour (including the adoption of a healthy lifestyle) and adult mental representations of children.

Inhaltsangabe

PART I: Why Do Attitudes Matter?
Chapter 1: What are Attitudes and How are They Measured?
Chapter 2: The Three Witches of Attitude
PART II: What Do Attitudes Do?
Chapter 3: The Influence of Attitudes on Information Processing and Behavior
Chapter 4: How Do Attitudes Influence Behavior?
PART III: What Shapes Attitudes?
Chapter 5: Cognitive Influences on Attitudes
Chapter 6: Affective Influences on Attitudes
Chapter 7: Behavioral Influences on Attitudes
Chapter 8: Basic Principles in How Attitudes are Shaped
PART IV: What More is There to Learn?
Chapter 9: The Internal World
Chapter 10: The External World
Chapter 11: An Eye to the Future

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Section 1: Why do attitudes matter?
Chapter 1: What are attitudes and how are they measured?
Chapter 2: Three questions about attitudes
Section 2: What do attitudes do?
Chapter 3: The influence of attitudes on information processing and
behavior
Chapter 4: How do attitudes influence behavior?
Section 3: What shapes attitudes?
Chapter 5: Cognitive influences on attitudes
Chapter 6: Affective influences on attitudes
Chapter 7: Behavioral influences on attitudes
Chapter 8: Basic principles on how attitudes are shaped
Section 4: What more is there to learn?
Chapter 9: The internal world
Chapter 10: The external world
Chapter 11: A look to the future

Rezensionen

This book strikes an excellent balance between general aspects and attention to details of attitudes and attitude change. Without being repetitive, the authors draw helpful connections between different parts of the book. The chapter structure makes the book easy to use as well as interesting for both students and teachers.

Hanna Kusterer 20181015